New York: Paddington Press, 1979. 2nd printing. Hardcover, oblong quarto, 286pp. Original textured boards with title imprinted on front and rear boards. Many b/w illustrations, including full page, and 16 color plates, notes, and bibliography. Very slightly leaned with rubbing on outer bottom corner of front board, otherwise VG+ in..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Jeremy P. Tarcher, Inc., 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. xvi + 240 pp. Black papered boards, gilt titling to spine; index. Very light rubbing and bumping to spine ends and corners; top edge of pages foxed lightly. Otherwise, a tight and unmarked VG+ in Near Fine..... More
Los Angeles, CA: Jeremy P. Tarcher, 1992. First edition. Black Hardcover w/purple dust jacket, 240 pp, near fine condition. More
USA: Privately published, 1957. Hardcover. Slim octavo. 130pp. Red papered boards lettered in black on front board. B/w frontis. & illustrations. Bibliography. Bump to top of spine, bottom of spine & corners of boards lightly rubbed, previous owner's inscription on front free endpaper, else a solid, internally-clean VG copy (no..... More
NP [ Nevada City, CA ]: IDHHB Inc. - Hohm Press, 1978. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. 184pp. Illustrated by George Metzger. A guide to "conscious sex yoga". Covers a bit worn and creased overall, edges chafed, underlining on one page but generally a clean and serviceable Good copy. More
New York, NY: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1924. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xxviii + 456pp. Quarter brown cloth w/ brown papered boards, small cream tips to points, gilt title, etc. to spine and front cover, illustrated endpapers, more than 100 b&w illustrations, glossary and index. From the title page: "A..... More
London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co., Ltd, ND [ 1912 ]. First Edition. Hardcover. Small quarto. xiv, b&w author portrait, 394pp. Original navy cloth with gilt titles etc. to spine, b/w frontispiece, plates and illustrations, index. Errata sheet tipped in. James Ballantyne Hannay (1855–1931) was a Scottish chemist, best..... More
Philadelphia, PA: Courage Books, 1982. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. 192pp. Black textured papered boards lettered in gilt on spine. The author looks at the seedier, sexier and more scandalous elements of rock music. Top-edge foxed, otherwise a clean VG copy in VG dust jacket. More
New York NY: The New York University Press for the College Art Association of America, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. 4to. xii + 104pp, xxxiv plates. Original gilt titled red cloth, frontis and b&w plates, glossary and bibliography. A study of the iconography - in myth, tantra and religion - of..... More
Paris: Charles Carrington, 1899. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xx + 422 pp. Blue cloth with gilt titling to spine; bibliography. Subscriber's edition limited to 1,000 copies, this copy not numbered (as usual). A detailed and rather salacious survey of human sexual organs - and their abnormalities - written under the..... More
Secaucus, NJ: The Citadel Press, 1972. First American edition. Hardcover. Octavo. 208pp. Original rose colored cloth with green title, etc. to spine, b/w illustrations. Appendices, biblio and index. By the author of "Ritual Magic in England," and editor of "The Secret Rituals of the O.T.O.' etc - the first American..... More
New Delhi: Aditya Prakashan, 1988. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xvi + 224pp. Black cloth boards with gilt lettering to upper board and spine, illustrated endpapers, bibliography and index. Full page colour and b&w plates at rear, diagrams, illustrated borders to text pages. The author explores a "hitherto over-looked area of..... More
New Hyde Park, NY: University Books, 1967. Reprint. Hardcover. Large 8vo. [vi] + 104pp. + 126 plates (np). An Interpretation of Erotic Sculpture of India. Maroon cloth with black titling and b&w illustrations. Light wear to boards, edges; end pages unevenly browned. Otherwise, sound and unmarked VG copy in VG..... More
West Nyack, NY: Parker Publishing Company, 1974. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. 194pp. Charcoal cloth with white titling to spine, notes and bibliography. Lurid and sensational, the publisher says: "A Shocking Report on the growing power and influence of Witches and Satan-Worshippers in contemporary [1970s] America." The actual contents is..... More
Bombay: D. B. Taraporevala, 1963. Reprint. Hardcover. Small quarto. 136pp. Brown papered boards lettered in black on spine, with black illustration on front board. B/w interior illustrations. Slight age-toning to edges, small previous owner stamp on front pastedown, minor discoloration & wrinkling along bottom-edges of endpapers and first & last..... More
Las Vegas, NV: Falcon Press, 1989. First Edition. Softcover. Octavo. xiv + 162pp. List of suggested reading. From the publisher: "The Eastern Aspirant renounces sexuality while Western Religion severely limits its expression. introduces a middle path, extending the delights of male-female coupling into rarely attained Bliss as Man approaches ever..... More
London: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1948. Reprint. Hardcover. 8vo, l+506 pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine, b&w illustrations, index. Corners rubbed and bumped, edges and spine chafed, creasing to fore-edge of early pages not affecting text. Otherwise, a solid VG copy. No dust jacket. More
New York: Medical Press of New York, 1964. First Edition. Hardcover. Quarto. xxiv + 148pp ["Ananga Ranga"] + 30pp [pharmacopeia]. Original cloth spine with pictorial papered boards. Frontis, appendices, b/w illustrations. The "Ananga Ranga" (Stage of Love) or Kamaledhiplava (Boat in the Sea of Love) is an Indian guide to..... More
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London: John Rodker, 1927-1930. First Edition Thus. Hardcovers. Large octavos. Twelve books in four volumes (complete set). Variously paginated but each volume is approximately 400 pages. Original purple cloth lettered in gilt on spines, gilt designs on front boards. Color frontispieces & illustrations. Edition limited to 1000 numbered sets, but..... More
London: John Rodker, 1927, 1928, 1929 & 1930. Leather Deluxe Limited Edition. Hardcovers. Large octavos. Twelve books in four volumes (complete set). Variously paginated but each volume is approximately 400 pages. Deluxe edition: superb original blind stamped full brown morocco with decorative leather on-lays to upper boards, gilt titling to..... More
New York, NY: Horace Liveright, 1930. Limited Edition. Hardcover, three volumes, large octavoes, 350pp & 390pp & 356pp. Gilt embellished parchment spine with decorated brown cloth boards. Top edge tinted. 16 color illustrations by Franz Felix. Edition limited to 1500 hand-numbered copies. A collection of tales, usually with erotic elements..... More
New York: Dutton, 1930. First Edition. Hardcovers. Octavos. Two volumes. xii + 276pp.; x + [320pp.] Red cloth gilt-lettered on spines & front boards. Index. In 'The Broadway Oriental Library' series. Spines discolored, spine ends chafed, spine lettering very dulled, boards slightly discolored, top-edges browned, several small bumps to fore-edge..... More
St. Paul, MN: Llewellyn Publications, 1988. Reprint. Softcover. Large 8vo. xx+ 162 pp (vipp adverts). Color and b&w plates. A study of tantric sexuality by the author of 'Sexual Occultism.' Light rubbing to covers, paper a little browned, a little glue offset on endpapers at spine. Overall VG+. More
Sydney: Craftsman House / Fine Arts Press, 1992. First Edition. Hardcover. Small square quarto. [v] + 46pp. Red textured papered boards lettered in silver on spine & front board .Color & b/w illustrations. "Reprint of pages 50 to 95 of Art and Australia Volume 30 Number 1, Spring 1992." Minor..... More
The Hague: Mouton, 1963. First Edition. Hardcover. Large 8vo. 602 pp. Black cloth with gilt titling to spine on red rectangle, fold-out tables and map, b&w illustrations, bibliography. Edges lightly rubbed and corners bumped. Overall, a solid and unmarked VG copy in Near VG dust jacket. (Dust jacket rubbed, many..... More
